Combined stay and hook and eyelet.



M. WQLFF. COMBINED STAY AND HOOK AND EYBLET.

` APPLIoATloN num 00127, 1913.. i

*11 v12, l11055. K Patented sept. 2 9, 1914.

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' l!lI.lt\It($rA IFEXJL WOLFF, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

comprimi; s'raY AND Hooi; AND EYELET.

` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

appiicatin sied october 7, 1913. seriai No. 793,937.

Tofazll whom z'z vmay concern.-

Be it known that I, MARGARET VVoLrr, a

subjectief the Grand Duchess `of Luxem-v burg, residing in the city and county of A San Francisco and State of California,have -invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Stays and Hooks and Eyelets, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a resilientor flex- 'ible stay composed of a continuous wire formed into a series of hooks and eyelets to he used in fastening. wearing apparel of a light or flimsy texture and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide an iinproved hook and eyelet strip or stay that is A adapted to act as a support and fastening for net collars and the like; second, to provide means whereby hooks in one portion of the stay will register in their propel' consecutive order with the eyelets in the other stay; third, to provide a hook and eyelet stay that shall be lightof construction and suiciently rigid to prevent gaping hetweenfthe hooks should one set of opposite hooks and eyelets be inadvertently oi.' otherwise left unhooked; and fourth, to provide a stay composed of a .series of hooks adapted to engage a series of eyelets that shall be resilient, compact and inconspicuous when the said stay is secured tothe collar or garment.

For a full and clear comprehension'of the device reference'shouldbe had to the drawings forming a part of the present specification wherein like numerals of reference similar parts throughout the said 'specification and drawing, and in which- Eigured is a view of a net collar disclosing the improved hook and eyelet stays 4secured thereto.. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the hook and eyelet stays removed from designate the collar and in their relative positions 'beforebeing hooked together..

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Fig. 3

vview similar to Fig.l 2 but disclosing the hook land eyelets stay hooked together.

" Fig. .4 isa greatly-.enlarged top view of A not sufficiently rigid iout support.-

' for. fastening a guimpe. or

.the other stay.`

Fig. 2, and Fig. ois, a greatly enlarged view of Fig. 3 disclosing the manner in which the-hook of one stay engages ,the eyelet of This device is to be used for the support andfasteningof net collars and the like, and other garments of like texture that are to stand alone or withis also to be used similar garment stitching eyelets-i. Each portion comprising the seats 2, a hook 3 and the stitching eyelets 4 is connecte'd'to a similar portion by .means of the arcuate connection 6 which portion 'is further provided with l other stitching eyelets 5 at the junction of said connection 6 with the said portions. The eyelet strip is likewise formed of a continuous wire ben-t to form the eyelets 8, having the seats 8 for the reception and engage- .ment of the vseats 2 of the hooks 3, and the stitching eyelets 9, each portion comprising the eyelets 8, seats 8 and stitching'A eyelets 9, being connected to a similar portion by means of the .arcuate connection 12, which connect-ion also forms stitching eyelets 10 loetweelil the said portionsand at the junction of the connections TT with the said portions. The connections o and l2 also form means for supporting the edges of the garment between the hooks for the purpose of preventing that portion of the fabric their proper relative positions, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be observed that the hooks 3 and the seats 2 thereof are directly opposite the eyelets 8 and seatsI 8 thereof, respectively. lVhen the first eyelet 8 is hooked over the first hook 3 in such a manner that the seats 8 will engage the seats 2, as illustrated in. Fig. 3 of the drawings, the second eyelet 8V will -be directly opposite the second hook 3 for the reason that the distances between the hooks of one strip and the eyelets .of the other strip ai'e substantially the same. The distances between the hooks are maintained by means of the connections 6 while the distances hetween the eyelets 8 are maintained by the connections 12. In this manner the engagement of the second hook 3 with the third or fourth, or any other, eyelet 8, evcepti the second or corresponding eyelet, is prevented. Consequently' no gaping can result by reasonv of the Wrong hook 3 being engaged by `the wrong eyelet 8, such as frequently occurs Where separate hooks and eyelets are used. The connections 6l and 12 also serve as gages for the purpose of placing the eyeletsiv1v8 directly opposite-the corresponding i of the collar or the continuous nature of the strips or stays,

to engage any hook with any other than its opposite or corresponding eyelet. Also the continuous naturev of the hook and eyelet strips will act as a resilient stay and retain the edges of thegarment in a smoothv and even condition. The resiliency is imparted to the strips by reason of the several undulations between the hooks on the one strip and the eyelets on the other strip so that no uncomfortable stiiiness or rigidity will be eX- perienced by the wearer. Also the resiliency so imparted to the stays or strips will permit thestay to readily conform t0 any normal'moveme'nt 'of .the body or neck and return to a normal position with the body.V

It is obvious from the foregoing that I have provided a stay composed of hooks and eyelets that will facilitate the engagement of each hook with its proper eyelet and thus prevent gaping. Also a light Aresilient. sta-y that is adapted to support and retain in proper position any collar or guimpe` of light texture. It is also evident that I have provided means for preventing a gap in the edges of the garment when the engagement of any hook with its corresponding eyelet4` has been omitted.

The details of construction being so sus- .ceptible'to variation I do not wish to confine myself to the precise construction shown herein but rather to avail myself of any modificationl that may fall properly within the scope of my invention.

tremities of the right angular ends and are laterallyv arched, one of the members having two ends and an intermediate pair of spaced seats and a hook which spaces the seats, the seats and hooks being connected by said longitudinal portions and the other member having two end and an` intermediate pair or" seats to engage the respective first named seats and also having eyelets to receive the hooks, said longitudinal portions when the 'members are connected Vextending along the outer longitudinal sides of the respective yopposite members, and

stitching eyelets on opposite sides of ,each

hook and each eyelet located at the outer longitudinal sides of the members.

2. A stay consisting of a pair of continuous wire members the ends of each of which are turned inwardly and formed with sewing eyes, a series of spaced hooks formed on one member and located adjacent to the'outer longitudinal .side thereof and a series of.

corresponding spaced eyes formed on the other member and located adiacent to the outer longitudinal side of same, and a series ofl longitudinal connecting-portions for the eyes and for the hooks which connecting portions are located adjacent tothe inner longitudinal sides of the members whereby when the members are secured together the,v

connecting'l portions of one member-will eX'- tend across the space between the hooksor eyes of the other member.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. MARGARET W'OLFF.

Witnesses KARL F. SCHULTZ,

JAMES F. lXICICUE. 

